What Should I Do With A Clad Quarter Hoard?

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ratio411 Pillar of the Community United States 1208 Posts	Posted 04/23/2008 11:04 pm Dad just died. He was playing with State Quarters a few years back. He wasn't a coin collector. This was just something to do. I think he may have been trying to get a couple complete sets together for his grandkids. Anyway... I need to know what to look for, what to keep, and what to ship off to circulation. I have a few hundred bux in clad quarters. Mostly State Quarters from early in program. I think I ran across an Indiana or two, but the far and away majority is earlier and in greater numbers. Pretty much all would fall into circulated or AU condition. Most are D mints. The Ps are unattractive due to his location. There are a few that look BU, but not many. Should I sort them by condition, and then keep the AU/BUs. Should I keep any states, MMs, or such without an eye to condition? I don't think I should keep them all... everyone else is doing the same, devaluing the option of hoarding. Are there any key date pre-states I need to look for. There are probably 30-40 bux in pre-states. Well worn, no silver, and no 60s other than a couple G4 65s. Currently I have the clean, flashy, and eye catching coins already pulled. Probably 200 bux or so. I have another 150 ready for the teller if you folks don't see any reason to go back through them. He also has an UNC roll of Wash dollars. Probaby D, but not sure. Any reason to keep that one? Then a small hoard of SBAs and Sacs. I believe all the Sacs are 2000D from what I can tell. All circulated but maybe one or two. The SBAs are 79. Haven't looked for MM. Any reason to keep the SBAs? Or anything to look for on them before sending them on their way? Also have smaller hoards of all other denominations. Big hoard of pennies. Maybe 200 bux. Pulling copper there. But it'll take me a while! Thanks! Dave Report this Post to the Staff

docsfishn Pillar of the Community United States 1031 Posts	Posted 04/23/2008 11:13 pm Dave - I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. I'm not much help with the clad quarters but I have a few myself so I'm sure I'll learn something from this tread. Sorry for you loss. Report this Post to the Staff
ratio411 Pillar of the Community United States 1208 Posts	Posted 04/23/2008 11:24 pm Thank you. He also left me a HUGE collection of stamps. I have NO IDEA what I am doing there. He was stamps, I was coins. I think he only started the coins late in life because he knew my kids were learning the coins. He never taught me the stamps... so I am lost. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 12:14 am Well if they don't hold any sentimental value I'd keep a good variety of the coins and cash in the extras. Pick up where he left off and hopefully carry on the family tradition with your own kids Report this Post to the Staff
desertgem Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 02:08 am Dave, My sympathy to you for the loss of your father. When my mother passed years ago, she had saved some coins for my son ( her grandson). It was similar to yours, what she had got at the bank, a few $2 bill, lots of quarters, etc. I took it and supplemented it and gave my son a small gold piece and a nice Indian Head cent in her birth year 1907. He still cherishes them. He would have spent or lost the canning jar of change. When my nephew died, I inherited his stamp collection which still inhabits one of my cabinets. If he was a specialist, there might be significant value, but usually I hate to see someone bring one to me to evaluate. If it helps for foreign stamps I usually check the Great Britain, Swiss, France, and Germany sections before 1940 as that is usually a good average of what the overall quality will be, otherwise I will never be able to get value out of it. For US, again the key will be before 1940. If the best Columbian series is the 3 cent, then forget it. If there are $ value columbians or Zepplins series, send it to a stamp specialist or to a stamp auction house. I am sorry that the USPS hasn't stimulated philately as the mint has coins. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 08:47 am Sorry for your loss. As to those quarters. Way back in the 70's I was caught up in the Bicentennial Quarter mess. I collected hundreds of dollars worth. A freind also did this and had thousands of dollars worth. Almost 30 years later we tried coin stores, coin shows, ebay, etc. and found that they were worth $0.25 each. I always wondered how much interest in a plain old savings account would have made let alone piles and piles of quarters just sitting there. As to yours, probably get a Red Book, look for any low mintages, dump the rest at the nearest bank. There are some oddball ones like the extra leaf Wisc one, so it may pay a little to search this web site for more info. I used to collect stamps when I was a kid, some 50+ years ago, but as with most people, as the government flooded the stamp market with just about every possible stamp, I stopped. I recently sent the entire collection free to a kid in another state that is interested in them. Not many interested in stamps today but again, search this forum for more info. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24150 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 09:00 am quote: He never taught me the stamps... so I am lost. We built a stamp forum too, just for you. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
ratio411 Pillar of the Community United States 1208 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 5:05 pm quote: For US, again the key will be before 1940. A VERY large portion of the collection is pre-WW2! There are cancelled covers going back into the 1860s. The covers are over approx a 100 year range. 1860s to 1960s. 90% are between 1895 and 1945. Most of those are 1900 to 1910 from what I see. The next largest grouping would be covers from WW2. He has 11 books of "unc" stamps. A great deal of those are pre-WW2 as well. Then he has a UN collection of uncs and a couple books for UN first day covers. He has every UN stamp ever made from the 50s to 90s. Mounted up nice and neat... The first 2 pages or so of US stamps are empty, but then the pages get more and more stamps, until they are all there... Imagine this: A coin book that goes from 1860 to 1960... For a serious, but average collector, the 1st 25 years would have a fair amount of holes. Then the next 25 will be well represented, but not 100%. Finally, the last 50 years would be slap full. If you look at it that way, that is exactly what is stamp collection is. (in the books of mounted unc stamps) Then, we have first day covers coming out our ears. quote: We built a stamp forum too, just for you. Thanks! I'll look into it. Report this Post to the Staff
ratio411 Pillar of the Community United States 1208 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 8:40 pm Some folks here have shown interest in the stamps. I don't know right now if I intend to sell/trade them off... but I did post some pics on the stamp forum if you want to take a peek. http://www.stampcommunity.org/topic...OPIC_ID=1075 Edited by ratio411 04/25/2008 2:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
toniblab Valued Member United States 336 Posts	Posted 04/24/2008 9:43 pm sorry about the loss.check the wisconsin D quarter there are 2 types of extra leaf'.this site does have a stamp forum just check the top area you will find it.and that cover could be #64,65,79,82,83,85,85c,88,94,104.thay all have to deal with grills, color, perferations. here is one from my collection and this is from a block of 4 and now is my av on the stamp forum. Edited by toniblab 04/24/2008 9:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
florida Valued Member United States 417 Posts	Posted 04/26/2008 6:33 pm This is purely coming from someone who is not an expert, but for clad quarters, I've hoarded the following: 1968-D, 1969-P & D, 1970-P and 1971-P, based on the mintages. Plus the 82 & 83 P and D issues. Report this Post to the Staff
jeremymh Pillar of the Community United States 543 Posts	Posted 04/26/2008 9:36 pm I am also sorry for your loss, though if I was in your position I would save the coins for the sentimental value. Report this Post to the Staff
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